'Life of Pi' fact file: All you need to know about Ang Lee's new movie

After spending years in Hollywood development hell, the movie adaptation of Yann Martel's critically-acclaimed novel Life of Pi final hits the big screen today (December 20) under the stewardship of Brokeback Mountain director Ang Lee.

There's visual wonder and heartfelt emotion in Martel's story, which sees young Pi Patel (Suraj Sharma) set off on an epic journey at sea with a Bengal tiger for a companion. Newcomer Sharma is joined in the cast by Irrfan Khan, Adil Hussain, Tabu, Gérard Depardieu and Rafe Spall.

Digital Spy presents a fact-filled in-pictures look at Life of Pie below...

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Life of Pi has sold more than seven million copies worldwide and won the prestigious Man Booker Prize for Fiction in 2002.
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